PS: The FAA took down a calculator to let you figure out how much radiation you got on a recent flight, so we built one for you! cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
Radiation Exposure Calculator | Exposed | The Howard Center
Use our calculator to estimate radiation exposure during a flight. The estimates are derived from data supplied by Amentum Scientific. Several European airlines rely on Amentum Scientific data to trac...
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January 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
PS: The FAA took down a calculator to let you figure out how much radiation you got on a recent flight, so we built one for you! cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
Thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation, our #HowardCenter will build a four-course data journalism training program that will be accessible to professional journalists around the world! 🧵
May 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation, our #HowardCenter will build a four-course data journalism training program that will be accessible to professional journalists around the world! 🧵
As of 2020 , Russia , Iraq, Iran , , Algeria and the United States each flared more than any other country, according to world bank. Climate scientists agree reducing methane emissions would slow global warming. Let’s do it before COP 30.
cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
The environmental impact of flaring and venting
Flaring and venting are oil and gas industry practices that allow companies to dispose of the natural gas they extract that is not used on-site or sold. Carbon dioxide and methane, byproducts of flari...
cronkitenews.azpbs.org
September 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
As of 2020 , Russia , Iraq, Iran , , Algeria and the United States each flared more than any other country, according to world bank. Climate scientists agree reducing methane emissions would slow global warming. Let’s do it before COP 30.
cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
to be clear, this "we pump the water back into the ground" bullshit is only referring to the saltwater they extract. the fresh water they use in the process is gone. i have a feeling they're gonna be taking from the mississippi for this.
source: cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
source: cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
June 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
to be clear, this "we pump the water back into the ground" bullshit is only referring to the saltwater they extract. the fresh water they use in the process is gone. i have a feeling they're gonna be taking from the mississippi for this.
source: cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
source: cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
Order your new Merrill merch TODAY at our Spring 2025 Pop-up Store! Thru April 4, visit merrillcollege.itemorder.com to get your 🌟official🌟 #merrillmade, #InMyJournalismEra, #HowardCenter and #PovichCenter apparel — and more.
All college proceeds benefit the Journalism Scholarships Fund.
All college proceeds benefit the Journalism Scholarships Fund.
March 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Order your new Merrill merch TODAY at our Spring 2025 Pop-up Store! Thru April 4, visit merrillcollege.itemorder.com to get your 🌟official🌟 #merrillmade, #InMyJournalismEra, #HowardCenter and #PovichCenter apparel — and more.
All college proceeds benefit the Journalism Scholarships Fund.
All college proceeds benefit the Journalism Scholarships Fund.
More than two years have passed since the damaging 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. But the serious questions raised by the disaster remain. The latest collaboration led by our #HowardCenter — "Off the Rails" — explores those questions.
cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails
cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails
August 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
More than two years have passed since the damaging 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. But the serious questions raised by the disaster remain. The latest collaboration led by our #HowardCenter — "Off the Rails" — explores those questions.
cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails
cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails
All while other countries and even studies in the US have proven subsidizing housing costs *less* than trying to make homelessness illegal.
But California still can't commit to permanent solutions instead of half measures.
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But California still can't commit to permanent solutions instead of half measures.
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March 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
All while other countries and even studies in the US have proven subsidizing housing costs *less* than trying to make homelessness illegal.
But California still can't commit to permanent solutions instead of half measures.
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But California still can't commit to permanent solutions instead of half measures.
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#HowardCenter Director Kathy Best: “When I was interviewing to become the first director of Maryland's Howard Center, I said I wanted it to do Pulitzer-level work. Our students turned that aspiration into reality with their hard work, creativity and passion.”
go.umd.edu/LethalRestraint
go.umd.edu/LethalRestraint
Lethal Restraint – AP/FRONTLINE investigation
An AP and PBS "Frontline" investigation documenting police use of force.
go.umd.edu
May 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#HowardCenter Director Kathy Best: “When I was interviewing to become the first director of Maryland's Howard Center, I said I wanted it to do Pulitzer-level work. Our students turned that aspiration into reality with their hard work, creativity and passion.”
go.umd.edu/LethalRestraint
go.umd.edu/LethalRestraint
Under her guidance, students in her investigative reporting course have produced their own award-winning work for Capital News Service and the #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism.
Congratulations, Deb! #fearlessjournalism
Congratulations, Deb! #fearlessjournalism
September 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Under her guidance, students in her investigative reporting course have produced their own award-winning work for Capital News Service and the #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism.
Congratulations, Deb! #fearlessjournalism
Congratulations, Deb! #fearlessjournalism
This semester marks the last for Kathy Best, our #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism's founding director, ahead of her retirement. 😥
Kathy ushered in a new era for Merrill College in helping establish the center in 2019. 🧵
Kathy ushered in a new era for Merrill College in helping establish the center in 2019. 🧵
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This semester marks the last for Kathy Best, our #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism's founding director, ahead of her retirement. 😥
Kathy ushered in a new era for Merrill College in helping establish the center in 2019. 🧵
Kathy ushered in a new era for Merrill College in helping establish the center in 2019. 🧵
EXCITING NEWS: The Scripps Howard Foundation has extended our #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism for three more years with a $5.5 million grant! A HUGE thank you to the Foundation!
Learn more about the new grant in this 🧵
Learn more about the new grant in this 🧵
August 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
EXCITING NEWS: The Scripps Howard Foundation has extended our #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism for three more years with a $5.5 million grant! A HUGE thank you to the Foundation!
Learn more about the new grant in this 🧵
Learn more about the new grant in this 🧵
State regulations set flare efficiency standards. However, frequency and thoroughness of inspections vary across states, making it difficult to know if companies are always meeting requirements. Reducing methane emissions would slow global warming.
cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
The environmental impact of flaring and venting
Flaring and venting are oil and gas industry practices that allow companies to dispose of the natural gas they extract that is not used on-site or sold. Carbon dioxide and methane, byproducts of flari...
cronkitenews.azpbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
State regulations set flare efficiency standards. However, frequency and thoroughness of inspections vary across states, making it difficult to know if companies are always meeting requirements. Reducing methane emissions would slow global warming.
cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter...
Our Spring 2025 Pop-Up Store has been EXTENDED to APRIL 9!🛍️
Visit merrillcollege.itemorder.com to get your 🌟official🌟 #merrillmade, #InMyJournalismEra, #HowardCenter and #PovichCenter apparel — and much more.
📷 Check out some photojournalism students repping our gear! 💪
Visit merrillcollege.itemorder.com to get your 🌟official🌟 #merrillmade, #InMyJournalismEra, #HowardCenter and #PovichCenter apparel — and much more.
📷 Check out some photojournalism students repping our gear! 💪
April 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Our Spring 2025 Pop-Up Store has been EXTENDED to APRIL 9!🛍️
Visit merrillcollege.itemorder.com to get your 🌟official🌟 #merrillmade, #InMyJournalismEra, #HowardCenter and #PovichCenter apparel — and much more.
📷 Check out some photojournalism students repping our gear! 💪
Visit merrillcollege.itemorder.com to get your 🌟official🌟 #merrillmade, #InMyJournalismEra, #HowardCenter and #PovichCenter apparel — and much more.
📷 Check out some photojournalism students repping our gear! 💪
Our #HowardCenter partnered with our Capital News Service, Arizona State University’s Howard Center, the University of British Columbia’s Global Reporting Centre, the University of Oregon, NPR, CBC and The Narwhal. Stories will be distributed by AP.
cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails
cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails
Off the Rails
Off the rails
cnsmaryland.org
August 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Our #HowardCenter partnered with our Capital News Service, Arizona State University’s Howard Center, the University of British Columbia’s Global Reporting Centre, the University of Oregon, NPR, CBC and The Narwhal. Stories will be distributed by AP.
cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails
cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails
Check out the latest entry from our #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism's latest project, “Off the Rails: Exposing Risk and Regulatory Gaps in North America's Railroad Industry.” The story shows how investment firms are impacting the rail industry. #fearlessjournalism #merrillmade
PRIVATE TRACKS: How Wall Street is Reshaping the Railroad Industry
Investment firms are quietly taking greater control over America’s railroad industry, accumulating large stock positions in railroad operators and buying up companies that lease and manage ra…
cnsmaryland.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Check out the latest entry from our #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism's latest project, “Off the Rails: Exposing Risk and Regulatory Gaps in North America's Railroad Industry.” The story shows how investment firms are impacting the rail industry. #fearlessjournalism #merrillmade
Our #HowardCenter Data Editor Sean Mussenden is quoted in this Nieman Lab story on how AI was used in our Pulitzer finalist collaboration, "Lethal Restraint."
Machine learning tools "were critical to building the core database, and the core database was critical to every single story,” he said.
Machine learning tools "were critical to building the core database, and the core database was critical to every single story,” he said.
How this year’s Pulitzer awardees used AI in their reporting
For a second year, the Pulitzer Prizes required applicants to divulge AI usage — one winner and three finalists disclosed.
www.niemanlab.org
May 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Our #HowardCenter Data Editor Sean Mussenden is quoted in this Nieman Lab story on how AI was used in our Pulitzer finalist collaboration, "Lethal Restraint."
Machine learning tools "were critical to building the core database, and the core database was critical to every single story,” he said.
Machine learning tools "were critical to building the core database, and the core database was critical to every single story,” he said.
Please join us in welcoming #merrillmade alums Kara Newhouse and Aidan Hughes back to College Park as the newest additions to our #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism! Newhouse will serve as deputy data editor and Hughes will serve as a data journalist.
MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardDataJournalists
MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardDataJournalists
January 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Please join us in welcoming #merrillmade alums Kara Newhouse and Aidan Hughes back to College Park as the newest additions to our #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism! Newhouse will serve as deputy data editor and Hughes will serve as a data journalist.
MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardDataJournalists
MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardDataJournalists
Please join us in welcoming our amazing 2025-26 cohort of #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism fellows! 👋
This year's group of budding investigative journalists come from across the U.S., as well as Bangladesh, Mexico, Nigeria and Taiwan.
Meet the fellows: merrill.umd.edu/articles/mee...
This year's group of budding investigative journalists come from across the U.S., as well as Bangladesh, Mexico, Nigeria and Taiwan.
Meet the fellows: merrill.umd.edu/articles/mee...
September 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Please join us in welcoming our amazing 2025-26 cohort of #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism fellows! 👋
This year's group of budding investigative journalists come from across the U.S., as well as Bangladesh, Mexico, Nigeria and Taiwan.
Meet the fellows: merrill.umd.edu/articles/mee...
This year's group of budding investigative journalists come from across the U.S., as well as Bangladesh, Mexico, Nigeria and Taiwan.
Meet the fellows: merrill.umd.edu/articles/mee...
* Supports Merrill College's new data training program for journalists
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardCenter...
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardCenter...
August 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
* Supports Merrill College's new data training program for journalists
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardCenter...
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardCenter...
* Fully incorporates AI and OSINT reporting
* Creates the Innovation Fund
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardCenter...
* Creates the Innovation Fund
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardCenter...
August 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
* Fully incorporates AI and OSINT reporting
* Creates the Innovation Fund
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardCenter...
* Creates the Innovation Fund
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardCenter...
The new grant:
* Creates the Howard Center Data Hub
* Expands the Howard Fellows cohort
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardCenter...
* Creates the Howard Center Data Hub
* Expands the Howard Fellows cohort
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardCenter...
August 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The new grant:
* Creates the Howard Center Data Hub
* Expands the Howard Fellows cohort
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardCenter...
* Creates the Howard Center Data Hub
* Expands the Howard Fellows cohort
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/HowardCenter...
Under her guidance, students in her investigative reporting course have produced their own award-winning work for Capital News Service and the #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism.
Congratulations, Deb! #fearlessjournalism
Congratulations, Deb! #fearlessjournalism
August 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Under her guidance, students in her investigative reporting course have produced their own award-winning work for Capital News Service and the #HowardCenter for Investigative Journalism.
Congratulations, Deb! #fearlessjournalism
Congratulations, Deb! #fearlessjournalism
Using unprecedented access to data from RailState LLC, which captures images of every car on every train moving through much of N. America, our #HowardCenter put together a reporting collaboration of university and professional newsrooms to provide information the railroads don’t want to share.
August 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Using unprecedented access to data from RailState LLC, which captures images of every car on every train moving through much of N. America, our #HowardCenter put together a reporting collaboration of university and professional newsrooms to provide information the railroads don’t want to share.
Hear why a #MerrillMasters is right for you! Grad student Ijeoma Opara is a #HowardCenter fellow interested in data and investigative reporting.
Our flexible curriculum prepares students for careers as reporters, data journalists, broadcasters & much more.
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/MerrillMasters
Our flexible curriculum prepares students for careers as reporters, data journalists, broadcasters & much more.
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/MerrillMasters
June 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Hear why a #MerrillMasters is right for you! Grad student Ijeoma Opara is a #HowardCenter fellow interested in data and investigative reporting.
Our flexible curriculum prepares students for careers as reporters, data journalists, broadcasters & much more.
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/MerrillMasters
Our flexible curriculum prepares students for careers as reporters, data journalists, broadcasters & much more.
LEARN MORE: go.umd.edu/MerrillMasters